Madras High CourtCRL OP(MD)/15610/2018disposed of

Jagan v. The Inspector Of Police

2018-09-03Honourable Mr Justice N. Anand Venkatesh6 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 03.09.2018

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH Crl.O.P.[MD].Nos.15610 to 15620 of 2018 and Crl.M.P.[MD].Nos.6899 to 6914 and 6917 to 6922 of 2018 1 JAGAN 2 BALAN @ BALASUBRAMANI 3 DHANDAPANI 4 ESWARAN 5 NAGARAJ 6 SUNDARAMOORTHY 7 SAIRABANU 8 MUTHUKUMAR in CRL OP(MD). No.15610 / 2018 1 MARIKUMAR 2 PAVALAKODI 3 RAMU 4 SANKAR 5 MURUGANANDAM 6 ANANDAN 7 NAGA ARJUN 8 SATHISH KUMAR 9 DINESH 10 ASHOK KUMAR ... Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 10 in CRL OP(MD).No. 15611/ 2018 1 SEKAR 2 MAGUDAN 3 ARUMUGAM 5 RAJA 6 TAMILSELVAN 7 RAMAKRISHNAN ... Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 7 in CRL OP(MD). No.15612/ 2018 1 AMMAPATTI DURAI 2 SUBRAMANI

3 ANANDAKUMAR 4 RAMESH 5 SHANMUGANATHAN 6 BALAN 7 PRABHU 8 MURUGANANDAM in CRL OP(MD). No.15613/ 2018 1 MANIKANDA BOOPATHY 2 JAGADEESH 3 PALRAJ 4 LOGANATHAN 5 DAVID ... Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 5 in CRL OP(MD).No. 15614/ 2018 1 NATTUTHURAI 2 PRAKASH 3 DHAMODHARAN ... Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 4 in CRL OP(MD).No. 15615/ 2018 1 PRABHAKARAN 2 THANGAVEL@THANGARAJ 3 RENGANATHAN 4 AMMAPATTIYAN 5 THANGARAJ 6 SEETHAISEKAR 7 SANTHOSHKUMAR 8 KARNAN 9 SARAVANAKUMAR 10 SASTHA ... Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 10 in CRL OP(MD).No. 15616/ 2018 1 PRABHAKARAN 2 RAVI 3 PANDI@CHINNAPANDI 4 SABARI 5 RAJARAM 6 ASHOK KUMAR 7 KARTHICK

8 ANGUPRASATH 9 GOKUL ... Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 9 in CRL OP(MD).No. 15617/ 2018 1 CHINRAJ 2 MANIKANDAN 3 SURESHKUMAR 5 MAHENDRAN 6 LAKSHMARAJ 7 SUBRAMANI ... Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 7 in CRL OP(MD).No. 15618/ 2018 1 MURUGAN 2 MAHESWARAN 3 MAGUDEESWARAN 4 KARUPPASAMY 5 MAYAKANNAN 6 VELMURUGAN ... Petitioners/Accused No.1 to 6 in CRL OP(MD).No. 15619/ 2018 1 DINESH 2 RADHAKRISHNAN 3 LAKSHMANARAJ 4 PREMKUMAR 5 SANTHANAKUMAR 6 RAMAR 7 SARANRAJ 8 ARAVINDAKUMAR in CRL OP(MD).No. 15620/ 2018 - Vs. - THE STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, PALANI TOWN POLICE STATION, PALANI, DINDIGUL DISTRICT.

(CRIME Nos.951, 857, 858, 859, 850, 851, 852, 853 and 854 / 2015) ... 1st Respondent / Complainant in CRL OP(MD). Nos. 15610 to 15613, 15616 and 15617 to 15620 / 2018

THE STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, SAMINATHAPURAM POLICE STATION, PALANI, DINDIGUL DISTRICT.

(CRIME Nos.263 and 264 / 2015) ... 1st Respondent / Complainant in CRL OP(MD). Nos.15614 and 15615 / 2018 MR. GNANASEKARAN, SUB-INSPECTOR OF POLICE, PALANI TOWN POLICE STATION, PALANI, DINDIGUL DISTRICT.

...2nd Respondent / Defacto Complainant in CRL OP(MD).No. 15610/ 2018 MRS. ARANGANAYAGI, SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, PALANI TALUK POLICE STATION, PALANI, DINDIGUL DT., ...2nd Respondent / Defacto Complainant in CRL OP(MD).Nos. 15611 to 15613 / 2018 MR.MOHAMED HAMEED, SPL.SUB-INSPECTOR OF POLICE, SAMINATHAPURAM POLICE STATION, PALANI, DINDIGUL DISTRICT.

...2nd Respondent / Defacto Complainant in CRL OP(MD).Nos. 15614 and 15615 / 2018 MR.PADMANABAN, SUB-INSPECTOR OF POLICE , PALANI TALUK POLICE STATION, PALANI, DINDIGUL DISTRICT ...2nd Respondent / Defacto Complainant in CRL OP(MD).Nos. 15616 to 15620 / 2018 Common Prayer in CRL OP(MD).Nos. 15610 to 15620 / 2018 : Criminal Original Petitions are filed under section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code, praying this Hon`ble Court to call for the records relating to the Final report in C.C. Nos. 199, 203, 204, 205, 207, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226 and 227 of 2016 respectively on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Palani and quash the same as against the petitioners For Petitioners : Mr.M.Karunanithi (in all Crl.O.Ps') For R-1 : Mr.M.Chandrasekaran (in all Crl.O.Ps' ) Additional Public Prosecutor

COMMON ORDER All these Criminal Original Petitions have been filed seeking to quash the final report filed by the respondent police.

2. It is seen from records that insofar as certain offences are concerned, materials are available in the final report to proceed further in these cases. That apart the C.C.Nos., are of the year 2016. Therefore, it would be appropriate to give a direction to the Court below to complete the proceedings within a reasonable time.

3. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, there shall be a direction to the learned Judicial Magistrate, Palani to dispose of the cases in C.C.Nos.199, 203, 204, 205, 207, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227 of 2016, respectively, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

4. The presence of the petitioners before the trial Court shall be dispensed with, on condition that they shall be present, at the time of questioning under Section 313 of Cr.P.C., and at the time of passing judgment. The learned counsel representing them shall examine the prosecution witnesses on the day they are examined in chief. The petitioners shall not dispute the identity of the witnesses. It is made clear that the petitioners shall be entitled to raise all the grounds that has been raised in these cases before the Court below.

5. With the above directions, these criminal original petitions are disposed of. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(AS) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar(CS-IV) To

1. The Judicial Magistrate, Palani.

(To report compliance of the above directions and report before this Hon`ble Court immediately after the completion of this Proceedings)

2. The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dindigul.

3. The Inspector of Police, Palani Town Police Station, Palani, Dindigul District.

4. The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

5) The Inspector of Police, Saminathapuram Police Station, Palani, Dindigul District.

+11cc to Mr.M.Karunanithi, Advocate Sr.No.82326 to 82336 SJI VB/SKN/SAR4/10.10.2018/6P/17C Crl.O.P.[MD].Nos.15610 to 15620 of 2018 and Crl.M.P.[MD].Nos.6899 to 6914 and 6917 to 6922 of 2018 03.09.2018